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HELENA -- “The Daily Show” unleashed its political satire from last weekend’s “March for our Guns” rally in Helena, in a segment that aired late Monday in which correspondent Roy Wood Jr. interviewed attendees about firearms and school safety.

In the report which was on Comedy Central, he talks to a man who wants “a tank” in order to be armed on the same level as the federal government (“So you’re here for the tank rally?” Wood asks) and a female cage fighter who suggests cage fighting in schools as a way for students to blow off stress to curb gun violence. She also accuses the Parkland, Florida, students, where 17 people were killed by a former classmate with an AR-15 on Feb. 14, as being “crisis actors.”

A judge has entered a not guilty plea for Nikolas Cruz, who is accused of the deaths.

The people were interviewed during a rally organized by Helena resident Brent Webber, which was held Saturday in support of the Second Amendment and was in response to the “March for our Lives” rallies against gun violence held in several Montana cities and nationwide.

Wood, who sarcastically said the real victims of gun violence are guns, eventually speaks to the 150 people gathered for the event.

“I learned today that guns make people safe,” Wood told the crowd in the Comedy Central segment that aired late Monday. “We didn’t bring our guns today because we understand that.”

Several scheduled speakers spoke at the event. Emcee Bowen Greenwood had opened the mic to allow young people to speak.

Someone asked Greenwood if their friend could talk, who was Wood. Greenwood said he did not know he was with “The Daily Show.”

“It was a pretty nice speech, I thought,” said Greenwood, who introduced Wood saying “We are pushing the boundaries of young here.”

People were told by event organizers to leave their firearms at home because weapons are not allowed on the Capitol grounds. Police said they would halt the rally if they saw any guns.

Wood tells one person at the rally that not bringing a gun to a pro-gun rally is like
“being sober on Bud Light Island.”

During the five-minute segment on the show the blends politics with comedy, Wood talks to people at the rally about why they are there and how they would end gun violence.

The man who said he wanted “a tank” says people should be as well-armed as the government and that students should be forced to carry clear back packs so that everyone can see what is inside.

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The March for Guns rally took place on the steps of the State Capitol in Helena on Saturday.(Photo: Tribune Photo/Phil Drake)

One woman, who says she has been a cage fighter for 10 years, suggests cage fighting in schools as a solution, prompting Wood to jokingly step back and extend his arm with the microphone toward her.

She accuses the students from Parkland, Florida, as being “crisis actors.”

Wood asks her how did the shooter know to attack the school where the “crisis actors” were attending.

“You just opened something up that could be a conspiracy,” she says.

Greenwood said the rally was a success and “The Daily Show” often makes conservatives look foolish.

“But it is what it is,” he said.

Wood ended the segment holding a box of Little Caesar’s pizza that was brought to the rally, biting into a slice and saying pizza was “something that I will happily open carry.”